Tuesday, March 10, 2009

Here we go again...

So, how'd the reunion go you ask? Well...

1)there was much wanky business card swoppage...2)no one had changed much at all...3)(except) it appears everyone has come out since we left college...4)Very little reproduction has been going on (which is reasonably explained by point 3)5)but maybe people were a little nicer than they once were...

Only one of my plethora of arch-Nemesis's turned up. I was polite. Fixed my best 'I still really dislike you even though its fifteen years on, and no, that blonde hair does not suit you' smile. Thankfully most everyone else seemed to feel the same way and she fecked off again pretty quickly.

I drank Guinness, chatted to everyone a little. Found myself bonding with the Gamers, being a little bored by the die-hard Fine Gael / Fianna Failers. But overall, pleased I'd turned up.

But there seems to be a bit of a theme going on at the moment...This whole looking back business is catching it seems. What with recessions and IRA re-emergence Mr Oubliette was prompted to ponder - 'What, is it the 80's again?'

As is the norm in our household, current affairs are discussed on the school run. I like to listen to the news on the car radio, and the kids like to ask difficult questions. I enjoy the challenge of trying to simplify world events for their 6 and 8 year old minds. And they seem happy enough to indulge me. This morning the conversation covered colonialism, the planting of Ulster, The Troubles. The murders of the soldiers on Saturday night. The lads listened patiently. They asked questions that showed they understood.

How wonderful that your kids are getting th post-grad stuff so early in life. Do you plan ti have a reunion with them at some future time? 'Remember Mum when you were into politics? Before you took up the writing stuff....? God the school-run was gas, you told us all about shooting and gardening (planting, gettit?'DQ